...because it has not as yet displayed any conspicuous symptoms of it ; though it is rather singular that Russia, from the time of Peter the Great to the present day, in the course of great . revolutions, has not produced a single really great and eminent character...

...Samolus Valerandi, L.— N. Orl. (n. 268.) (To be continued.) HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF BOTANY IN RUSSIA, FROM THE TIME OF PETER THE GREAT TO THE PRESENT DAY; AND ON THE PART WHICH THE ACADEMY HAS BORNE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THIS SCIENCE. ByM. HG BONCARD, Associate...

...copecks; 1835, 46,763,444 roubles 34 copecks ; — increase in 1836, 2,205,346 roubles 40 copecks. v. A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE SYSTEM. PROGRESS, AND PRESENT...description of the establishments of education now existing, as well those which are under the superintendence of the minister of public instruction, as the military...

...schools and seminaries in France and Germany. Mr. Krusenslern firsl gives an historical accounl of Ihe progress of public instruction in Russia, from the time of Peter the Great lo ihe close of Ihe reign of Alexander. Then succeed four chapters. Chapter I. describes the duties...

...If from the Tagus we turn to the Neva, we find that whenever n stride has been made in civilization in Russia, from the time of Peter the Great to the present, one of its most obvious results has been the founding or enlarging of libraries. No other nation, save...

...Party of the Soviet Union (New York: Random House, 1960). 1031 have explored the history of science in Russia from the time of Peter the Great to the present: See list of other books by Loren R. Graham, p. 306. 112 "Do Mathematical Equations Express Social Attributes?"...